Democratic administration of public basic education: common dimensions and institutional arrangements shown in regulatory framework of municipal education systems

ABSTRACT This article aims to analyze a participatory framework and possible institutional arrangements, as sponsored by municipal education systems to promote democratization of the administration of public basic education. The basis comes from principles of democratic administration and participatory mechanisms established in regulatory foundations of municipal systems of the state of Santa Catarina, which were verified through documents review, in a network research, in order to map of political-institutional conditions to promote participation and democratization of educational administration. The analyses allow the highlighting of common dimensions to these conditions, as well as setup indications of institutional arrangements with the potential to reinforce democratization of public education administration, at system and at school level.